Feeling poorer after every trip to the petrol station, voters may be less tolerant.

ECONOMIST: The mid-term elections

Perhaps Durham were feeling the effects of a long trip from Hove the previous evening after their drawn Championship game with Sussex.

BBC: Glos romp to big Trophy victory

But outside in the car park amongst the hundred or so fans that made the trip to hear the news, the feeling was there is very little to get excited about.

BBC: Exciting times ahead?

This rhythmic moving back and forth between a sustained, trance-like state and the adrenaline-packed jolts tends to induce an overall contemplative yet alert state, akin to the feeling one has when driving on a long road trip on uncongested highways.

FORBES: Beware the Peanuts

Although Messrs Munoz Ledo, Rubio Barthell and Bellizia Aboaf appeared to find their London trip fruitful, I couldn't help feeling they were looking forward to getting back to the less frigid climes of Mexico, where solar power - as they remarked - seems a much more viable venture.

BBC: Inside Mexico's climate revolution

Knief had spent a portion of her trip examining libraries in Florida and Louisiana, and she had walked away feeling pleased with how Kern County's far-flung network of seventy-one branches, many of which she had single-handedly expanded, stacked up by comparison.

NPR: 'Grapes Of Wrath' And The Politics of Book Burning

Feeling good as a result of making a frugal shopping decision is important, whether the shopping trip resulted in actual savings is not as important.

FORBES: Individualized Coupons Aid Price Discrimination